Health Merchandiser

About this role

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is looking for a Health Merchandiser for its store at Parow Centre in Cape Town. You will keep the store’s basic merchandising standards in place and give customers a helpful, friendly service.

What you’ll do

• Restock shelves and displays as the business requires.
• Store and pack delivered stock and stock brought from the store room in the right place.
• Keep the full range of products on the shelves, and rotate stock on a first in, first out basis.
• Check that shelves are tidy, with correct labels and prices, and that products are easy to see.
• Build, face up and maintain merchandising displays.
• Help with stocktaking, back shopping and daily upkeep of the store, including your stock in the store room and on the floor.
• Deal with customer stock queries and solve them.

What you need

• Grade 12 (matric).
• Up to 6 months of retail experience.
• Basic computer skills, including MS Office.
• Willing and able to work retail hours.
• Strong command of English.
• A presentable appearance, and good time management.
• Good communication with customers, managers and staff.
• Honest and trustworthy.
• Able and physically fit to lift and move heavy boxes, and follow health and safety rules.
• Reliable transport, or you live close to the store.
• South African citizenship, with a clear credit record and criminal record.
• Advantageous: a diploma or degree in the health focus category.
• Advantageous: at least 1 year of retail experience.
• Advantageous: bilingual.
• Advantageous: knowledge of merchandising standards and the FMCG industry, and product and category knowledge.
• Advantageous: ability to read ZMORE reports for ordering and stock taking.
• Advantageous: reporting of bad or suspicious behaviour by staff or customers.
• Advantageous: SAP and Unisolv skills.

Is this job for you?

This job suits someone who likes working on the shop floor and keeping things neat and well stocked. You should be happy to work retail hours and to lift heavy boxes. If you have some retail experience and enjoy talking to customers, this could be a good fit.

Tips before you apply

• Have your matric certificate, ID and proof of your clear credit record ready before you apply.
• On your CV, list any retail, stock or shelf work you have done, even part-time or short-term.
• Show your computer skills by naming the MS Office programs you use and what you do with them.

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